Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Classified Cycling BV currently manages 4 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed among 4 distinct examiners, which indicates that each pending matter is receiving an independent evaluation. This distribution suggests a lack of examiner-level concentration, as no two applications are currently being reviewed by the same person. The workload is spread across 3 distinct art units, showing that the company's technical subject matter falls under multiple specialized administrative groups.
FLEMING, FAYE M is identified as the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently handling 1 busiest examiner pending action. Because the company has 4 pending office actions in total, the workload is balanced among the 4 distinct examiners involved. This arrangement prevents any single examiner from becoming a primary bottleneck for the company's overall patent strategy in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector. The involvement of 3 distinct art units requires practitioners to navigate the specific procedural requirements of multiple technical sections. With 1 busiest examiner pending action, the individual examiner workload remains low, potentially allowing for more focused interactions during the prosecution of each application.
Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 2 (40%) |
| §112 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (40%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLENN III, FRANK T | 1 | 54.9% | +3.7% |
| FLEMING, FAYE M | 1 | 92.1% | +6.3% |
| BURGDORF, STEPHEN R | 1 | 64.0% | +43.2% |
| HOLMES, JUSTIN | 1 | 88.9% | +10.0% |
| COOK, WILLIAM J | 1 | 86.2% | +11.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18998079 | HUB ASSEMBLY FOR A BICYCLE WHEEL | FLEMING, FAYE M | — |
| 18719174 | CONTROL MODULE FOR A BICYCLE | HOLMES, JUSTIN | — |
| 18564309 | TRANSMISSION SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE, PREFERABLY A BICYCLE | COOK, WILLIAM J | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19139834 | DRIVE SYSTEMS FOR HUMAN POWERED VEHICLES | GLENN III, FRANK T | — |
| 18880780 | METHODS OF MUTUALLY PAIRING A WIRELESS GEAR CONTROL DEVICE AND A WIRELESS GEAR CHANGING DEVICE FOR A BICYCLE, WIRELESS DEVICES, AND WIRELESS GEAR CHANGING SYSTEM | BURGDORF, STEPHEN R | — |
Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18880780 | METHODS OF MUTUALLY PAIRING A WIRELESS GEAR CONTROL DEVICE AND A WIRELESS GEAR CHANGING DEVICE FOR A BICYCLE, WIRELESS DEVICES, AND WIRELESS GEAR CHANGING SYSTEM | BURGDORF, STEPHEN R | — |
| 18719174 | CONTROL MODULE FOR A BICYCLE | HOLMES, JUSTIN | — |
| 18564309 | TRANSMISSION SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE, PREFERABLY A BICYCLE | COOK, WILLIAM J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3662 | 1 |
| 2685 | 1 |
| 3655 | 1 |
| 3611 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19139834 | DRIVE SYSTEMS FOR HUMAN POWERED VEHICLES | GLENN III, FRANK T | 3662 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2025 |
| 18998079 | HUB ASSEMBLY FOR A BICYCLE WHEEL | FLEMING, FAYE M | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2025 |
| 18880780 | METHODS OF MUTUALLY PAIRING A WIRELESS GEAR CONTROL DEVICE AND A WIRELESS GEAR CHANGING DEVICE FOR A BICYCLE, WIRELESS DEVICES, AND WIRELESS GEAR CHANGING SYSTEM | BURGDORF, STEPHEN R | 2685 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 |
| 18719174 | CONTROL MODULE FOR A BICYCLE | HOLMES, JUSTIN | 3655 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18564309 | TRANSMISSION SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE, PREFERABLY A BICYCLE | COOK, WILLIAM J | 3611 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2023 |
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